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  2. Timeline of antibiotics - Wikipedia

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    1942 – gramicidin S, the first peptide antibiotic; 1942 – sulfadimidine; 1943 – sulfamerazine; 1944 – streptomycin, the first aminoglycoside [2] 1947 – sulfadiazine; 1948 – chlortetracycline, the first tetracycline; 1949 – chloramphenicol, the first amphenicol [2] 1949 – neomycin; 1950 – oxytetracycline; 1950 – penicillin G ...

  3. History of penicillin - Wikipedia

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    New studies had shown that bacteria were not only were able to inherit the genes for antibiotic resistance, but they could also communicate them to each other. [235] In 1967, a multiresistant strain of E. coli killed fifteen children in the UK. The use of antibiotics in animals for nontherapeutic use was banned there in 1971.

  4. List of drugs by year of discovery - Wikipedia

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    In 1907 Alfred Bertheim synthesized Arsphenamine, the first man-made antibiotic. In 1927 Erik Rotheim patented the first aerosol spray can. In 1933 Robert Pauli Scherer created a method to develop softgels. William Roberts studies about penicillin were continued by Alexander Fleming, who in 1928 concluded that penicillin had an antibiotic ...

  5. Penicillin - Wikipedia

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    Doses higher than 500 mg are not fully effective because of poor absorption. It is used for the same bacterial infections as those of penicillin G and is the most widely used form of penicillin. [34] However, it is not used for diseases, such as endocarditis, where high blood levels of penicillin are required.

  6. Antibiotic - Wikipedia

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    [20] [22] These drugs were later renamed antibiotics by Selman Waksman, an American microbiologist, in 1947. [23] The term antibiotic was first used in 1942 by Selman Waksman and his collaborators in journal articles to describe any substance produced by a microorganism that is antagonistic to the growth of other microorganisms in high dilution.

  7. 'Shelves were bare': Parents share what it's like to struggle ...

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    The FDA is, however, reporting a shortage of the antibiotic amoxicillin in its oral powder form, which is mixed with a suspension to create a liquid children can swallow. The American Academy of ...

  8. Federal health officials report shortage of widely used ... - AOL

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    One of the most commonly used antibiotics in the country, amoxicillin, is in short supply, federal health officials say. The notice from the Food and Drug Administration about an oral solution of ...

  9. Study warns against overuse of antibiotics in kids under 2 ...

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    Overuse of antibiotics in kids under 2 years old may be linked to health issues later in life, a new study finds. But experts say the drugs are safe when used correctly and have been a "game ...